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Did OP come back to clarify exactly what's happening or what she thinks the problems are? Here's what I see based on guessing:

[b]It seems like no matter what, we are rushing.
[/b] - Really rushing, or do things feel frenzied and stressed?

[b]If I wake them up early, then it seems like there’s more time for them to make a big breakfast mess, start a game that I have to pull them away from, or settle into an activity that I have to pull them away from even if it’s a TV show. [/b] - These are easy fixes. Breakfast mess gets cleaned up by the 10 and 9 year olds. 4 year old must be supervised by you to eat. ideally you all eat together, or you at least sit down with them with coffee.  No TV, no games, nothing before school. The older ones can read or study.

[b]And no matter what, it seems like it takes the four-year-old about 15 or 20 minutes to get out the door.[/b] - Yes, I think this is just the reality. Hopefully the 9 and 10 year olds can help a bit - help get coat on, tie shoes, etc.

[b]I would love to know how people do it. Do you have rewards? Consequences? Do you wake up at 5 AM and get yourself fully ready so by the time the kids get up at 6:30 you can just focus on them? My nervous system can’t take it anymore. I feel like I’m just yelling at everyone for a solid hour.[/b] Do you have checklists? If they all need the same items, have a single checklist by the door. They should be able to check themselves. If you add pictures to each item, 4 year old may be able to do some of it himself. Mine is 9 and I still have a checklist. Heck you can also print and put up a checklist in the bathroom to remind them of what needs to be done in what order (Make bed, get dressed, eat breakfast, brush teeth, laundry in hamper, turn off all lightsm head downstairs to pack backpacks).

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